Feronia, DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 411 
‘mit of the mountain. To us, parched with thirst, and 
“exhausted with fatigue it proved extremely grateful ; 
“though afterwards, a somewhat different feeling was 
“excited. On discovering that the underside of the 
“leaves was covered with thousands of insects, of a faint 
“green colour, and so minute as to be barely distin- 
“euishable by the naked eye, at first I supposed that the 
“honied substance must have been a formation of these 
“insects ; but I was afterwards able to correct this no- 
“tion, by observing that some of the stems and branch- 
“es, which were hoary with lichens, were likewise cover- 
“ed with it, though no traces of the insects could be'ob-. 
“served. The nectaries of the flowers were plentifally 
“ supplied with ret ; but i in them it was fluid, and tran- 
——— as water,” 
FERONIA. 
Correa in Trans. of Linn. Soc. 5, 224. 
_ Calyx from four to five-toothed. Corol from four to 
five-petalled. Germ superior, one-celled; ovula numer- 
ous, attached to five parietal receptacles. Berry spheri- 
cal, covered with a hard cortex, one-celled. Seeds nu- 
merous, immersed in pulp. Embryo vaga without peris- 
perm, 
“tak. "Bi ccm Willd. 4. 973. R. Corom. pe 2N, 
Ut. , 
eeiuless vallanga, Kon. Mss ss. “et some writen balanga, 
‘or balangas. 
Capittha. Asiat. Res. 4. p. 230. 
Anisifolius. Rumph. Amb, 2. t, 43. 
Beng. Kath-bel. 
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